The party was coming to an end. Xiao Muyou looked at the time and saw that it was already past nine o'clock, but the students' enthusiasm was still very high.

Xiao Muyou quietly walked out of the crowd and took a few photos of the party in the distance with her cell phone.

Xiao Muyou originally wanted to take a video, but she tried it just now and couldn't send it out at all. The signal was too poor. She also tried to make a video call with Lei Yan, but the screen kept getting stuck and intermittent. In the end, she had to make a phone call instead.

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"Are you still up so late?"

Lei Yan's voice came through the phone, low and gentle, with a hint of concern and doting.

"It's only around nine o'clock now. Did you see the photo I sent? We are having a party here, and the children here are so enthusiastic. What about you, are you at home?"

As soon as Xiao Muyou finished asking, he heard a pleasant piano sound coming from the mobile phone.

"Is it your sister playing the piano?"

"Well, Xin'er said that the training class will have an event soon, and she will also participate. She will perform a piano piece on stage. She has been practicing at home every night for the past few days, and she is almost going crazy."

Lei Yan's tone sounded a little disgusting, but Xiao Muyou knew that Lei Yan was very happy now, because Lei Xin finally found something he liked and began to learn to integrate into this society.

"Isn't she happy? I think she should go out more often. You, the elder brother, can't accompany me every day, so let her make more friends."

"I know, that's all I'll say. You know, I prefer silence. The sound of the piano has enveloped my house these days."

Xiao Muyou could think of Lei Yan's living conditions these days. He probably woke up to the sound of the piano and fell asleep to the sound of the piano. Thinking of this, Xiao Muyou thought it was quite funny. It was probably Lei Xin who could make him

I can't bear it anymore.

"Is it Sister Mu You? Brother, I have something to tell Sister Mu You."

At this time, Lei Xin's voice came from the phone, and Lei Yan could only hand the phone to Lei Xin.

"Sister Mu You, I have a performance on September 16th, will you be back by then?"

When Xiao Muyou heard this, he calculated the time. They would leave here the day after tomorrow, then go to the next destination, and then return to Kyoto. Including the time spent on the road, it would be almost seven to eight days, which seemed to be enough time.

He rushed back and said.

"It should be fine, what's wrong?"

"Then can I invite Sister Mu You to watch my performance? Actually, it's not a formal performance. It's a report performance for our training class. Can you come?"

"Of course. If you send me the specific time and place then, I will definitely go there."

"Really? That's great, but it's a pity that my brother said he's not available. Forget it, he doesn't have any musical talent anyway, so he won't waste a ticket."

As soon as Lei Xin finished speaking, Xiao Muyou heard Lei Yan's voice on the phone.

"Xin'er, what are you talking about? Who said I'm not free? I'm free. I'm very free. Leave the ticket for me."

Xiao Muyou on the other end of the phone listened and smiled slightly. This guy seemed to be much more interesting than before. If she could see Lei Yan now, she really wanted to give him a hug, but now they are separated by more than a thousand kilometers.

The road is too far.

After that, the two chatted for a while, and the school party was over. Xiao Muyou hung up the phone and went back to the dormitory with Chen Li and the others.

It was another quiet night. The next day, they continued to work according to their schedule. At the same time, Chen Li and Zhang Shijie found Principal Chen and talked about their intention to sponsor five children. No, in less than half a day, Principal Chen

A list was handed over.

Xiao Muyou looked at the list and frowned slightly. She thought that the list submitted by the school might exceed their funding quota, but she didn't expect it to exceed so much.

"There are fifteen students in difficulty? Principal Chen, this morning..."

Before Xiao Muyou finished speaking, Principal Chen interrupted.

"Mr. Xiao, I know this list embarrasses you, but several teachers and I have already considered this over and over again. You see, there is their detailed information at the back."

Xiao Muyou sat down and looked through it quietly.

Among the fifteen extremely poor students, six actually have no parents, and among these lists, Hu Xin's situation is not the worst.

There is also a little boy named Xu Dong who has no father or mother, and his grandparents are no longer around. Logically speaking, in this case, he can be sent directly to a local orphanage.

But he also has an uncle, but this uncle is a farmer, and his aunt doesn't want to see them, so in fact Xu Dong is no different from an orphan. The key is that he also has an eight-year-old sister who is also in this school now.

There is also a child named Zhao Xiaoshan on the list, who also lost his mother when he was young. His father is still there, but he was diagnosed with kidney failure a few years ago and has lost the ability to work. He also has to bear expensive medical expenses.

Now Zhao Xiaoshan's family raises several cows, as well as some chickens, ducks and poultry. Zhao Xiaoshan has to get up before dawn every day to feed these poultry, and then make meals for his father before rushing to school.

It stands to reason that Zhao Xiaoshan should live on campus, but in order to take care of his father and the poultry at home, he has to walk an hour and a half on the mountain road to school every day. After school, he has to go to the mountains to dig pig grass and cut firewood to sell for money.

In order to maintain basic livelihood.

Xiao Muyou looked at the thick stack of information in her hand. She was also embarrassed. She didn't know how to make a decision like this that might change the fate of these children. After thinking about it, she finally said.

"Principal Chen, please keep this list with me for now. I need to take it back and let my team make a detailed budget."

Principal Chen also knows that this kind of funding cannot be decided in one or two sentences, not to mention that they have seen what this team has done in the past two days, not to mention bringing so many things to the school.

For treating Teacher Wu, they were already grateful.

"Okay, Mr. Xiao, no matter what, I still want to thank you for everything you have done for these children. It is too difficult for these children to get out of the mountains."

On this day, everyone seemed to be in a heavy mood. This list was spread among the crowd at some point, and everyone became extremely silent. In addition, they would leave here tomorrow to rush to their next destination, so they felt so sad in their hearts.

There is also a sense of reluctance.

Returning to the dormitory in the evening, Xiao Muyou held an impromptu meeting. Everyone sat together and studied the funding list again. In the end, they did not choose a suitable funding list.

"Mr. Xiao, I have calculated that if we just subsidize their education, it won't actually cost much. Moreover, our guide Xiao Xu also said just now that the government departments for such extremely poor households also have some reduction and exemption policies. If we calculate it based on the three-year high school fees,

, each child’s tuition fee plus living expenses, 5,000 per person is enough, of course, we can only ensure that they have enough food.”

"Lao Zhang, I'm afraid the children on this list can be solved not only by subsidizing their tuition fees. Look at this Xu Dong, he also has a sister, and this Zhao Xiaoshan, do you want to ignore the situation of his father?"

Ma Huixin said with some unbearability, women have always been soft-hearted, especially after seeing the condition of these children, she couldn't bear it.

At this time, Xiao Muyou spoke.

"It seems that after returning to Kyoto this time, we will be very busy. Lao Zhang, I want to set up a special fund, which we, Yaohua Cultural and Creative Industries, will be fully responsible for. We will not rely on others, and we must ensure that every money is used in a practical way."

When Xiao Muyou said this, Zhang Shijie was stunned for a moment and asked in surprise.

"Mr. Xiao, isn't this the same as what we did before? Aren't you afraid..."

"No, this time we must conduct in-depth investigations when selecting the funding list. We also blamed ourselves for the previous time. Many lists were not repeatedly confirmed, and those who received funding were also uneven. But this time, we

It must be ensured that each recipient is contacted directly, and only after in-depth understanding is confirmed whether to provide assistance, and the amount of assistance does not need to be too large, only the tuition and living expenses before high school are covered. As for the expenses after college,

It's up to them. College students are all adults, and now universities have various scholarships. Even if things don't work out, they can still work-study. There is always a way."

"Yes, the problem we had before was that those recipients had already gone to college. They could obviously rely on their own hands to work hard, but they relied too much on our funding, which led to their greed."

The meeting lasted for more than an hour, and finally some substantial progress was made, but the specific implementation would not be arranged until they returned to Kyoto.

"Okay, everyone, pack up and go back to rest. We will leave in the morning tomorrow, then rest in Mianshi for a day, and then set off for the next stop. I hope everything will go well at the next stop."

The next day, in order to avoid causing a scene, Xiao Muyou and the others chose to leave while the children were in class.

At 8:30 in the morning, halfway through the first class, Xiao Muyou and his group left the school quietly, dragging their luggage. It was much easier to leave than when they came with a lot of luggage.

Just when they were about to reach the school gate, a burst of neat singing came from behind them. It was a local folk song, expressing the reluctance to say goodbye to a best friend.
Chapter completed!